Bill Text: NH HB587 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Repealing the registration fee for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Inexpedient to Legislate: Motion Adopted Voice Vote; House Journal 20, PG. 497 [HB587 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2015-HB587-Introduced.html
HB 587-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2015 SESSION
15-0549
04/09
HOUSE BILL 587-FN
AN ACT repealing the registration fee for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
SPONSORS: Rep. Robertson, Ches 6; Rep. Abramson, Rock 20; Rep. C. Chase, Ches 8; Rep. Frazer, Merr 13; Rep. Spang, Straf 6; Rep. Emerson, Ches 11
COMMITTEE: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
This bill repeals the registration fee for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
15-0549
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Fifteen
AN ACT repealing the registration fee for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. RSA 651-B:11, relative to the registration fee for sexual offenders and offenders against children, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
15-0549
01/26/15
HB 587-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT repealing the registration fee for sexual offenders and offenders against children.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Safety states this bill, as introduced, will decrease state restricted revenues by $93,400 in FY 2016 and each year thereafter, and will decrease state restricted expenditures and local revenue by $18,680 in FY 2016 and each year thereafter. There will be no impact on county revenue and expenditures or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department of Safety states this bill repeals RSA 651-B:11, relative to a $50 annual registration fee for sexual offender or offender against children. Under current law, the Department retains $40 of the fee and remits $10 to the law enforcement agency which registered the offender. The Department states the amount of paid registrations in FY 2013 and FY 2014 was 1,936 and 1,800, respectively. The Department assumes an average of these two years (1,868) as the amount of paid registrants in FY 2016 and each year thereafter. Therefore, the Department estimates this bill will result in a decrease to state restricted revenue of $93,400 (1,868 X $50) and state restricted expenditures and local revenue of $18,680 (1,868 X $10).
